Under NOAA’s ProTech Fisheries IDIQ contract, Azura is providing Section 7 consultation services for the Southeast Regional Office (SERO) Protected Resources Division (PRD) in partnership with Salus Resources Inc., a service-disabled veteran owned small business. SERO is responsible for the management, conservation, and protection of living marine, estuarine, and anadromous species and their habitats found […]
Azura Awarded NOAA ProTech Fisheries Contract
We are pleased to announce that Azura was recently awarded a Professional and Technical (ProTech) services contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The ProTech services solution is a suite of multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts consisting of five Domains: Satellite, Ocean, Fisheries, Weather, and Enterprise Operations. Each Domain has its […]
Post-hurricane Assessment & Restoration of Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico
During this past spring, Azura partnered with Sea Ventures Marine Response Unit (MRU) to assess impacts to coral reefs in Puerto Rico from Hurricanes Maria and Irma. During 2017, Hurricanes Maria and Irma wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico. After Category 5 Irma skirted north of the main island on 6 September, Category 4 Maria struck Puerto […]
NOAA Completes EFH Impacts Report
NOAA Fisheries recently completed an updated draft of the report titled Impacts to Essential Fish Habitat from Non-Fishing Activities in Alaska. This report was first written in response to the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). As part of a North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC) and […]
NOAA Awards Contract for Restoration in U.S. Caribbean and Florida
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center (RC), a division of the Office of Habitat Conservation, is responsible for restoring degraded habitats, advancing the science of coastal habitat restoration, transferring restoration technologies to other agencies and practitioners, and fostering habitat stewardship and a conservation ethic. NOAA RC is actively addressing resource management and conservation issues in […]